Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who...

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who...

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack...

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside...

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside...

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether...

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether...

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word:...

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word:...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no...

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no...

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.